Sammy Sosa

News: Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza in the Hall of Fame. Jeff Bagwell, from Killingworth, Xavier High in Middletown and the University of Hartford, misses by only 15 votes.

After he took the call from Jack O'Connell and absorbed that he had received more support than any player in the history of baseball, Griffey had a story to tell Bob Costas about Cooperstown.

"I have played in the Hall of Fame game three times and I have never set foot in the building," Griffey told Costas Wednesday night after the results of the hall voting were announced on MLB Network. "I've never even seen the front of it. I've gone directly from the field to the hotel and the hotel...

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